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A FOREST JOURNEY: THE STORY OF WOOD AND CIVILIZATION

A FOREST JOURNEY: THE STORY OF WOOD AND CIVILIZATION
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A contemporary view of the effects of wood, as used for building and fuel, and of deforestation on the development of civilization. Until the ascendancy of fossil fuels, wood has been the principal fuel and building material from the dawn of civilization. Its abundance or scarcity greatly shaped successive societies over the millennia. This book was named one of the "100 Great Books" by Harvard University Press.

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